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Il Divine Sage Rishyashringa's Temple Of Rain At Kigga ll

This Shivlingam is known as Malahanikaresvara. Its said dat whn the Sage left his corporeal body, a very bright lightening issued frm his body & he disappeared into the lingam dat he used to worship.

~Rishyashringeswara

Sage Rishyashringa performed the "Putrakameshti Yagna" for Dasharatha, the King of Ayodhya and the result was that he was blessed with four sons..Sri Rama, Bharata, Lakshmana and Shatrugana.

Sage Vibhandaka by fate became the father of a child with horns on his head called Rishyashringa.  He kept the child in isolation in the forest and child matured to be a man without meeting another soul other than his father. 
(Ref. Valmiki Ramayana)

The neighbouring kingdom of King Romapada suffered frm severe drought. The king was advised dat if Sage blessed d kingdom with his feet, then there wld be a good monsoon. Therefore many courtesans were sent to request to the Sage to come to d kingdom. Sage accepted the invitation

As soon as he set his feet on the kingdom, they received heavy rains.  The king was grateful to Sage Rishyasringa and he proposed marriage with his daughter Shantha. Sage Rishyasringa married her and stayed in the kingdom for some period of time.

After that Sage with his wife returned back to forest to lead a yogic life. It was at Kigga Where Sage got enlightenment & at that time few powerful mantras came out of his mouth. It is said that these mantras were included in the first Veda – Rig Veda in due course of time.

Rishyashringa stayed for a long time on this hill and hence the hill got the name Rishyashringa Giri — Giri means hill.Thus in due course of time the name changed to ‘Sringagiri’ and finally it is being called ‘Sringeri’.

During the time of the formation of Sharada Peetha, Sri Adi Shankaracharya visits this holy place of Kigga. It is after this visit that he names the place as Sringeri derived from the name Rishya - Sringa. Hence, the place became famous as Sringeri Sharada Peetha in Shimoga.

Sage Rishyashringa has installed Shiva lingas in different parts of the country, (Shringeri for example) for rains and fertility. It is sad to note, that one such temple, on the banks of the Cooum at Thiruvur remains lesser known.

The temple at Thiruvur, today known as Tirur, is said to have been built around the Shiva Linga installed by Sage Rishyashringa. Originally called Rishyashringeeswaram after the sage, today it is known as Uthpalambika samedha Sri Singaandeeswarar Temple.

There is also one Sage Rishyashringa Temple in Himachal Pradesh.

Text Sources :
1. Valmiki Ramayana
2. itslife .in/travel/kigga
3. utkarshspeak. blogspot
4. aalayamkanden. blogspot
5. starofmysore. com/rishyashring

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